Motorhome in storage

some certainly feel even a small panel can do the job provided there is only a tiny draw to replenish...

like David and others, our van is kept at home and cleaning (inside, outside, water tanks, roof etc) is easy.

our 100w solar panel continues to maintain all batteries (as it did in Spain for two months prior to having to return early) and hook up is available should it be required....it never is...

it has two full gas bottles (one refilled in the Uk and the other a Spanish Repsol one) and is champing at the bit..

we dont have a dog any more but im sure the van gives me the same doe-eyed look our springer used to when he wanted to go, out every time i pass it.....

having set the bar low in the Euro fantasy trip thread compared to some (please just let me get to Italy in the van sometime), for now ill have to be content with popping in and out of the van just to keep it company

Thanks to you all for your considered comments. We still have 24/7 access to the compound, but under the current extreme circumstances, have decided to leave well alone at present. There is no alarm to drain the battery and I have a heavy duty set of jump leads, should the engine battery go flat. Hopefully after a few weeks, we may be able to move it, and then at the least, we can park it on our driveway, (friendly neighbour permitting!), for a couple of days and charge everything up. Would not be able to leave it on the drive full-time as it is too wide, but we all get on very well round here, it is Wales after all!

ColBur

If you are thinking of charging the cab battery at home I would check that the electrical system in your model of Bailey does actually charge the cab battery, some of them don't. On both of my Baileys I have had a device called a Battery Master fitted which routes any excess charge from the leisure battery to the cab battery. However neither of them were Autographs so that range could be different.

Don't know if you use Facebook but the is a very good Bailey Motorhome Owners Group where you can get lots of advice.

David

as David says, its best to check....but how to do that...?

if you cant get specific, accurate info from your handbook or from the FB site, you can put a simple volt meter across the cab battery terminals.

the battery is under a plastic panel on the cab floor and if the reading is 12.7v/12.8v or less, the charger is NOT charging the battery.

if charging, the charger should be putting out somewhere between 13.9v and 14.4v